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Definition of tarry : 1. Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
2. Stay; stop; delay.
3. To delay; to defer; to put off.
4. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
5. To stay or remain behind; to wait.
6. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
7. To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Synonyms:

lounge about, anticipate, foamy, waste one's time, bum around, sooty, bum, gift-wrapped, dwell, stick around, keep, dilly-dally, lollygag, dawdle, armor-plated, mill, inhabit, skulk, loaf, dally, coal-black, stop, poke, resiny, hang around, pause, bushwhack, sojourn, arse around, study at wait, loll, ambuscade, hover, scupper, gilded, watch, stay behind, jet, mess about, lag, arse about, gold-plated, lallygag, gilt, procrastinate, grass, pitchy, adhesive, expect, ambush, fast, loiter, rest, loll around, lurk, stand, delay, confront, bum about, frothy, lodge, mill about, await, lounge around, reside, lounge, footle, bide, frig around, waylay, live, lie in wait, trail, cobbled, jet-black, mill around, furry, drag

endure, bear, linger, go on, persist, persevere, tolerate, put up with, continue, experience, remain, undergo, abide, last, suffer

gummy, balsamic, resinous

stay, prevail, wait

Usage examples:

• He did not tarry a second, but ran straight to the farm for help. - "The Emperor of Portugallia", Selma Lagerlof.
• And Cicero, the orator, relates, that when he declined all such concerns, and would have lived privately, his brother appeared to him in a dream, and calling him by his name, said, " why do you tarry, Caius? - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
• Climb now, and tarry not. - "The Sign of the Spider", Bertram Mitford.